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re: Please help me choose a new monitor/TV
Posted on 2/17/15 at 9:11 am to Mr Gardoki
Posted on 2/17/15 at 9:11 am to Mr Gardoki
OP has a 770 too. It won't be able to run all games on ultra, but high with no AA should be fine on most games now
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Posted on 2/17/15 at 9:15 am to bluebarracuda
My 770 could run it, but that will just open up the door for me to want more. 
Plus I just bought a TV
Plus I just bought a TVPosted on 2/17/15 at 9:52 am to bluebarracuda
That monitor is nice, but I was hoping for something a little bigger. I'm also getting some security cameras installed and I would like to keep the monitoring screens up most of the time. 27" may be a bit small. Is there anything particularly wrong with the monitor I posted besides the price? I have a nice bonus coming in at the end of the month so the cost isn't so much of an issue. Thanks for the help so far.
This post was edited on 2/17/15 at 9:54 am
Posted on 2/17/15 at 10:25 am to schwag
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Is there anything particularly wrong with the monitor I posted besides the price?
As blue already said, the monitor you posted looks really nice, but it's honestly just too many pixels for a GTX 770. I'd be reluctant to use it even with my 980s because of the memory bandwidth bottleneck.
Posted on 2/17/15 at 1:26 pm to ILikeLSUToo
I appreciate the input guys. I don't want to be the guy who "asks for advice then does what he wants anyways" but here is my plan. After doing some reading a few posters claimed a 770 can run games... just not at highest settings with this tv. The games I play aren't terribly hard on a video card (Diablo RoS and Borderlands 2/PS). I'm thinking I can use this monitor with my 770 and Display Port. Come Black Friday I can start searching for a nice video card upgrade that can truly push the monitor. I'd rather have my video card be the limiting factor rather than the monitor. Thoughts?
Here is a quote from Amazon Q&A about the monitor.
Just a couple points: Diablo3, run the game in Fullscreen(Windowed) mode, and this forces it to see your desktop resolution, which is 3440x1440, and it then let's Diablo3 play at that rez. Just the character screen will show a 16:9 view, but actual in game will be 21:9. Now, usually you don't want to run games in windowed mode, as alot of people with this monitor are running two vid cards. Most games require FULLSCREEN to enable both vid cards. Not every game needs fullscreen to use both vids though, not sure about D3. I run windowed fullscreen and 1 of my old 580's is able to run it great still.
Also, this monitor will give you 3440x1440@60hz just fine on display port. It will only get 50hz max using HDMI
Here is a quote from Amazon Q&A about the monitor.
Just a couple points: Diablo3, run the game in Fullscreen(Windowed) mode, and this forces it to see your desktop resolution, which is 3440x1440, and it then let's Diablo3 play at that rez. Just the character screen will show a 16:9 view, but actual in game will be 21:9. Now, usually you don't want to run games in windowed mode, as alot of people with this monitor are running two vid cards. Most games require FULLSCREEN to enable both vid cards. Not every game needs fullscreen to use both vids though, not sure about D3. I run windowed fullscreen and 1 of my old 580's is able to run it great still.
Also, this monitor will give you 3440x1440@60hz just fine on display port. It will only get 50hz max using HDMI
This post was edited on 2/17/15 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 2/17/15 at 6:35 pm to schwag
Diablo should be fine. May have trouble with borderlands depending on texture settings.
And that's how it starts.
quote:
I'd rather have my video card be the limiting factor rather than the monitor.
And that's how it starts.
Posted on 2/17/15 at 6:40 pm to ILikeLSUToo
And that's why I'm not getting one
Posted on 2/26/15 at 1:07 pm to Mr Gardoki
I went ahead and ordered the monitor. I set it up yesterday and it looks great. I OC my 770 a bit and Diablo RoS plays great at max resolution and full screen. I haven't tested any other games, but I'm pretty sure that I won't be able to run bioshock infinite at max. Question... is there any way to make youtube videos play fullscreen in 21.9 aspect ratio? I see where I can change it to 16.9 or 4.3, but no 21.9. Thanks
Posted on 2/26/15 at 1:33 pm to schwag
The video would need to be recorded and/or formatted in 21:9, or otherwise forcing that aspect ratio would give you a really stretched out image on a 16:9 or 4:3 video.
Try searching youtube for 21:9 videos and run full screen.
Try searching youtube for 21:9 videos and run full screen.
This post was edited on 2/26/15 at 1:34 pm
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